The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-24 00:00:00

x ---. .—.-- ..-. ,r.....• ,Akkam0ui.....,.............- - .... .1. 717 PPKET ..,,.. AND OChINEIicrAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: As the day for the assembling of 'the weekly e°ll rt of the Bank of England directors draws near , the numbe r o f bill s b roug ht f or ward for negotiation ul fainishes, and business in the general discount market is alm os t at a standstill. Ia fact so general has been the expectation of a reduction being made to -morrow in the official quotation, that what was Yesterday an idal is regarded to-day in the light of a certainty. The joint stock and private establish tll'ats very forcibly demonstrate their view of the st ate of affairs when they are willing to discount p a per per cent. under the official minimum of 4 per cent. _ _ There was no material alteration in the foreign el changes yesterday afternoon. About V 4,000 in gold was taken into the Bank Yesterday. Two o'CLocK. The City Mercantile Club, having disposed of an ( leen of the required capital stock, are enabled to announce that the premises secured by the comp an y terra the very eligible pile of buildings, 107 and I ° B , Cheapaide. . tr At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to fir• Reuter'e telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were quoted 66f. 70c,—Firm on account of the rise in lon don. The La mmermoor , from China with a cargo of °r Cotton, was lost in Gaspar Straits. The markets for stocks and shares aro now favour -11,1°13' inflaanced by monetary and political prospects. The expected reduction of the Bank of England rate to-morrow, perhaps to 6 per cent., has created satisfactory feeling in speculative circles. The t elegram announcing that England had proposed a eauference for the settlement of the Danish W ar, and that Austria and Prussia had accepted thetlt Proposal, and promised to suspend operations in a t ttlaud also very materially assisted to influ e nce t he buoyancy of quotations. Both purchase s and 'ales have been largely effected, and the Funds ale 110 ? 1 'I per cent. higher than last even in g , Consols 1, money being 911 fc„ and for the acfount 91 a. T he New Threes and Reduced Annuit ies are 911 a ; t n l ebequer Bills, ss. die. to par.; Indi4 5 p er Cents., 1`144 2; and the Bonds 6s. dis. to par. general improvement has taken place in the •uorei gn M ar k et, an d business is very active. m "lean have risen 11, viz., to 441 1; Spanish i : t : B ive, to 34/ 2; the Certificate s are firm, at 34 141 • Greek, at 221 23; Turkish 6 per Cents. have advanzed to 691 ; do. Consolides, have risen a , 1 41 7 'z., to 50a 1; but the Co nfederate Loan has "'Coed to 52 53. ustaess in the Railway Share Market has con tinued m o d era t e ly ac tive, and prices have in most i 48 tanees slightly improved. Great Eastern, Lan ,tThire and Yorkshire, Brighton, and North western have each advanced 55., South Eastern 153 .) Midland £l, and Metropolitan £2. 14 the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there not much variation. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in some in et I cti lnes at slightly enhanced rates. London a n d „ v eatminster realise 801; Alliance of Londo n and Liverpo o l, 461 47 • Oriental Bank , 64-1; South 4o 4 stern Banking Company are quoted 1 to 14 t er a• ; Ottoman Financial Associati on, I to 1 p rem. ; Enid &entities, id 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Gov, 3 ...RNMENT FUNDS. P il er Cent. Consols a 0 Account, March 5 9ll I * NPer Cent. Reduced • ' 91f ! 1 A e w 3 per Cent. 9 14 . -4111nities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — z D itto (Red Sea'Telegra ph), Aug. 1908 — 411 equor Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent par Ditto 4500 t Ditto £lOO and £ 2OO a ilk England Stk, 4} per Ct., last hf.-yr 23Bk 9 71 I g „I,,NDI SW GOVERNMEN T SECURITIES. ait% Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 213 Ditto Account — _Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 _Ditt o Account Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Ditto 5i per Cent. May, 1879 •• Ditto Debentures, per Ct., April 1881 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 -- Ditto Bonds £l,OOO ' Ditto under £l,OOO par 2 dis FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. )3razilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 ' — Ditto ' Scrip, 1863, £55 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ''gyptian 7 per Cent lO3l la bia°, Second Issue r eek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. D itto A ccoun t .... „, .. 23i 2i D itto C ou p ons — Ditto Account .... ran 3 per Cent .... e Account - 41 a 4 2 4 N ew.„ Granada ~ Ditto 2 per Cent. — Dittope Deferred.., • • • -- I rian 41 per Cent . ~.tto Account — tto 3 per Cent. _— Ditto Ditto 0 4 3 / 4 13 er ' Cent., 1862 Ditto Account 0, If per Cent .... b lu tto gueso 3 per Cent., 1353 Ditto fl kccount — Ditto - per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62;3 — li4 , t i : Account 471 f 8 1)1 4 7:1 6 Per Cent., 1822, £ St 93 b itt c: ) '“ per Cent 1850.. .••• Di 3 "per Cent., 1859 13 g o 5 p artioa n per Cent, 1862 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Dit to ew Di tto - Passive t i bitto Account Pti a c,,, 4 eount . 3 ll 1 I I , p Auto ‘-',. en. of Coup not funded .. — - Atiti, al 4 -ezount l4 I) ,itt o , 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditt o account 911 •Oitt o 6 ,l: , er Cent. 1858 711 1 Ditto 00 tli t :, 6 Per Cent. 1862 ... i -- 1, Ditto _ n 4CC OUnt • • 691 I 7 etlez"r lo o Bonds 1) ito ~a 3 Per Cent. Ditto Ti'eeonot 25 4 "'Jilt° . per er Cent., 1862 .. unt / D ivide tali ma ends on the above payable in Load , n. Ditto 5 Pe e o r Cent., l e d6l, Ex. 25 francs — fA.c „ . _ l 3 00 401 5 THREE O'CLOCK. I)itto mo u n t 9 11 1 Q colint 911 / Li, ' °Pool Cotton Market—This Day, et steady. Sales about 5,000 bales. Im ports'Marik C 66; previously, 9,007. The Danish Cruiser, PLYMOUTH, Wednesday, 10 a.m. 10 , 7 . 116 Danish f r i gate Ni e ls inel, 46, Capt. Gotlieb, hiv e return e d t o th e Sound on Monday afternoon, IvrePoaerlsieg to start again, and she has filled up meatdestination is unknown. The re•engage teulliti °f the Pqmouth Branch pilot indicates an in- Dort-4),_° o f resuming her search for p sizes near this b u t i t in , rumoured that she will shortly go to f n e°ll agen. fr om ' t he (Tinned the wind is blowing strongly the e 9 stward. r s SILVIIEL SHARPE was elected a Fellow of the 0 0e tY of Antiquaries on the 4th of February. T 1E SLOW MARCH OF INTELLECT.—Catkins is hiotoak a t expectable young man, though I have known liv es l ae otherwi se . H e has a young wife a nd c hild, and I s k : il k another of our " models." The child was lately Ileiti" Cm so Catkins tells me, and adds that "no doctors, t yl th parish nor rmary, can cure him." I answer, that e mother's care and nursing the child may outgrow 110 44, easo. " Th ere is a quicker way," he replies, mys t e • 11: 13 2-Y, "if it . warn't for a difficulty we are afraid of." I „ 18 going to take the child some fine morning before ,:gg) at sunrise, to a young ash sapling ha r d by. The a i th ig is to bo split. The child is to be strip- Catkins is to be permitted to bold the s plit : t8 of the sa pli ng f ar enough asunder t o a ll ow h i s in tillt to be p asse d b e t ween them by the w i se woman, while in et re peats mysterious words, which either he does no t Z"" - , or h o d ares no t comm unicate. After thi s i s d one, the - P li ug will be carefully bound together, end its wound will ehiplastered with mud and clay. If the tree grows, the certainly recovers ; if it dies, or is cut down, the dis tle returns, and will remain for life. "And here," says : ~,t 1111" , "is the deuce of it all. All the sticks i n th ese b i i LB is want e d f o r hop-poles every ten or t we l ve gear, and " Mire is , never safe. because folks won't let,'em bo and tt. °W Into timber,"—Dickods "Al/ the Year Round.", SHARE MARKETS.---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOurs.S. Railways. Sir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. ..... Bost,Sleat.,andltlid Co. Bristol and Exeter .... Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A. gets no div D o. it i tillerpe.p . CCbeen paid 011 Dublin Belfast Junc. Dun., Pert h, AO. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glaag. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stli Ditto A _took •• • •.• Anglian st rireatNorthof Scotland treat Northern Do A stook st Do B do st Gt. S. and W. of Irelanc st Great Western . . st Do Str Val gua. stock st Lancashire & Yorkshire at London and illackwall st Lon., Brlght.,& S. Coast st Lon., Chat., and Dover st Lon. & Nor! h Western' st , Lon. & Sceith Western st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle, 12} Do t shares.. st Metropolitan st Midland 4.4.0 Do New . _ _ _ * Do Birming. at Derby Ind. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Rut Do Cray Line North .British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchaee Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle.. North London Dd New North. Staffordshire N. and S. VV. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales a.... S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. ,and Wok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 186& Taff Va1e.......... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Hardalt West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Heroiord Closing Business Price. done. 8 8 Si 9 85 67 120 121 6i 7i 37 39 16 )7 V4i 05} 106 108 48i 49} 47 49 7i 8 129 133 136 137 134 136 95 97 C4l 0 1112 112 72 74 104 106 :9 4t 110 110} co} tklei 51i 52; 100 110 1 1301 1301 If I 99 101 54 65 24 t 6 163 i IC4 68 69 Olt 82} 125 130 le 241 7.7 i 78i 11 ni 123 126 it 44 98 100 631 641 E 4 t 6 C4l 451 100 102 9i 38 39 9 10 74 Si 105 170 ISA 6 t• 3} 4/e 88 92 I - BMTISII POSSESSIONS. Rallwayb A.tlantic St Lawrentx Bem.,BarodattCent Ind syer cent— Do. New ....... Do. E. Shares.... Buffalo and Laice. Huron Do. Prefers:loo Buffalo, Brar.totG °deal 6 p. et. 13 , 16, Aug. 1, 1874 Do. ;10. July 1, 187:,' I. do. June 1;1874 S.Eastn. (Lim Cape Town. Dock Sail Ewan. Bengal gu. 5 p. t. East Indian. u. sp. e. Do. do. Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Po. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... GLlndiarenin.. - ua.sp.c Do. New gua. 6 s p. n... Do. January, 142 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W, of Canada Sharer Do. New .. Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian. Branch Limited Madras•. guar., 5 p. c. Do. 4& p. o. Extension Dc. 41 - Do. Fifth Extension. Ilelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Bds. Newßrurswiok it Canda Class A. and B. po Ist gt bds Soinde Do. Delhi.... • Do. do . 5 g Do. Punjaub ...‘ f Do. Do. I g i g. Do. Indus:K. Flo.) Paid.' Closing Price. — 0 d 103 104 P 15f bi 7i ICO 102 101 103 105 106 IC4 105 a r 19120 i 72 14 55 dO 60 63 59 53 49 52 33 12 20 28 22 65 1031 104 k 102 i 1031 9i 10 1L 10i, 92 94 85 87 p ip )02 2031 96 98 82 96 58 60 all 100 (100 ' 100 2 all ico 1100 3 5 82 L 4 102 103 102} 103} 102} 103} stock stock s`nt..k 103 i 104 2} • r.us uuu6.o ii..r . 10,/ I k I u 6 t COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Car.. Gov. ii p.c.J a &Jul) 1877-81 100 101 103 111 21 I Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 99 101 1001 1 Do. 6p. c.Alar.& Sept. 100 102 104 Do. p.c. Jean.&July. 10C 83 M. Do. U Inscribed stock 100 83 91 Cape G.Hope, 6p 0,1870 100 106 ICB Do.Ap & Oot. 1880 100 108 110 Do. 1890 100 110 112 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 108 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 113 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 1':03 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cont 130 168 110 N.B.Gov.6p.c.da.&July 100 kOl 103 Do. 6p. & Oct. 100 t - -- N. S.W. G ov. 5 p • 18r 100 90 100 Du. 6p. c.,181 . 1 to VIC 100 99 10) 991 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 991 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 103 110 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 10 103 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO S.Aus G6p.0.1873.&up lOO 103 111 Vio.Gov. opm. Ja.&July 100 Do. 10 6 p.o. A0.&.0ay.. lOO 110 111 1 1101 1 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 id t ulifford Amalgamated.. 80 17 Devon G. Cons. Cravist.) 1 570 680 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 65 70 East Clog - au Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 29 30 29 East Cam Brea... .. . 3.4.0 61 7 11. W'l Russel (ravistk.) 8.9.0 41 41 61-am.&St.Aubylk(Gwen.) 581 10 11 great South Tolgus.... 4 44 G. Wheal Vor (blelston; , 40 21 24 221 Grenville Elerod's-Foot 8.12 15 87 Llingston Dowr • ' 4.18.0 41 11 Lady Bertha - Sfargaret Jn Lelant. 94 17 19 garke T ; alley. 4 31 Yry:,,y Iron Oro (Lim ', 21 11 I d w Setun l9l 8 i 95 - • r(orth Downs c.l 11 2 N.Wit'l Bassa(lllovuk 3.1.0 2 21 • -- North Wheal Crotty tar Consols (St. Blasey Vrovidence(Unv Wilt.) 10.6.7 44 46 SouthCara.den(Bt.Cleer, 11 440 460 S. Cara Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Illog:an, 18.18.9 15 60 Stray Park 30.17.0. 23 31 ramar Silv.& Lead Min. in Croft 9 124 201 • West Basset (Illogan) ll 11 12 W Cr radon (Liskeard; 5 21 23 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 190 2eo Wheal Buller(itedruth) 10 871 921 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelaut) 2.0.6 38 40 WhealLudeo -- Wheal MP.ryAnn ;Lien ) , 8 131 141 Wheal ;,seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) ' 7 581 175 185 23 24 Wheal Union 3.17 21 21 7 MISCELLANEOUS —Continued. Contract Corporation, bra., Crystal Palace, 336 Discount Corporatioo., limited, 10& East India Irrigation and Canal, 31 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., • Electric Telegraph, 106 k Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., Hudson's Bay. 18 * # International Financial Society, 12i 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 82* Joint .stock Discount, lim., 61*. 1 / London Financial Association, luu., 261 / London Provincial Marine, 3} 3 National Discount Company, lim., 111 * 12 Ocean N arine (Insurance), 191 Societe Financiere d' Egypte, Urn., 5 * Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 7 Universal Marine (Insurance), lim., West India and Pacific Steam, lim., LAW INTELLIGENCE,—(This Day,) -0. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE STRONSI3ERG. This was an application for release from custody. The bankrupt is described as Ferdinand Phillip Fischel Strons berg, late of Jermyn-street, St. James's, and Oakley, Sur rey, and now a prisoner for debt in Whitecross -street, gentleman. The bankrupt applied for his discharge on a former occa sion, he having executed a deed of arrangement ; the appli cation, however, was refused by Mr. C ~ m missioner Goul burn, and a similar application to one of the learned judges at chambers was also refused. He was then adjudicated bankrupt, and now applied for his release under the bank ruptcy. . . • Mr, Reed opposed on the part of the Western Assurance Company, who are creditors to the extent of £l,OOO, and said that at present thee were no materials before the Court from which his Honour could judge of the reasonableness of the application, no statement of accounts having yet been filed. His Honour declined to interfere until after the choice of assignees. The Metropolitan General Life Assurance Company are creditors for £909, and the Mitre General Life Assurance Company for £1,090. (Before Mr. Registrar Murray.) . B W. C. SELBY. This was a meeting for choice of assignees. The bank rupt was a farmer at Ightham, near Sevenoaks, and his debts were about £5OO. Upon the application of Mr. Wetherfield, solicitor, of Moorgate-street, the meeting was adjourned by the Registrar, to enable the bankrupt to carry out a contemplated compromise. One creditor only appeared to-day, and consented, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SELF-ACCUSATION OF A WITNESS—OFFERING STOLEN PROPERTY FOR SALE.—Two ybung men named George and William Holding was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with offering for sale a silver fork, supposed to be stolen. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoners went to the shop of Mr. Jacobs, a jeweller, Oxford-street, and George offered a silver fork broken in two and with a crest partly erased for sale. Inspector Bowles happening to be passing at the time was called in, and the prisoners given into his custody. Upon this William started off. The in spector left George in charge of the persons in the shop, and pursued William as far as Old Cavendish-street, where he was stopped, and then, with the other prisoner, taken to the station, when George said, "I'm sure it is not stolen (mean ing the fork), for I received it from my cousin William." The prisoner William then said, "Three weeks ago I re. ceived it from Emma Wrag, at 65, Cambridge. terrace, Hyde-park, She told me she had found it in the house, and that it had been left behind by some person who had previously lived there." Inspector Bowles afterwards went to No. 4, Eastbourne-terrace, where Emma Wrag was servant to Mrs, Hallein, and Emma Wrag said she did not give him (William) the fork, and could not have thought he would have done such a thing; and on the inspector going to 65, Cambridge-terrace, he ascertained that the fork was the property of Lady Letitia Otway, and had been stolen from the plate-basket in the kitchen on the 6th of this month. The young woman, Emma Wrag, got into the witness• box, and said that both the young men at the bar were in nocent, that she had taken the fork herself, and given it to the prisoner William. Mr. Tyrwhitt told the young woman that she had better be careful or she might criminate herself. She had better stand down. Mr. Norton, solicitor, and landlord of the house, 65, Cambridge-terrace, identified the fork' as the property of Lady Letitia Otway, and said he missed it on the 6th of the present month. The prisoners were remanded to see what steps Lady Letitia 0 tway intended to take. Mr. Greenell, tailor, of 325, Oxford-street, in whose em ploy the prisoner William had been for some time, gave him a good character, and offered to become bail for him. The young woman, Emma Wrag, and the prisoner William, had both lived in his service while in Conduit-street, and always behaved themselves very well. He believed they had been keeping company together. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the young men, and took Mr. Greenall's bail for William. WILFUL DAMAGE AND MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—EIIen Carmody, residing at 8, Smith's-court, Great Windmill street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with wilfully breaking a plate of the value of 43, at the Crown public house, Crown-court, Little rulteney-street, the property of Mrs. Eliza White, the landlady, and also with assaulting Miss Ellen White, the niece of Mrs. White, and Eliza Cook, the servant. Miss White said that on the previous night the prisoner and another female came into the house and had a pint of porter. They did not pay for it, but went out. She went after them and tapped the prisoner on the shoulder and told her she had not paid for the porter. The pri soner said—" I'll show you if I have not paid for it," and then came back and made use of very bad language. After some trouble she was got outside, and fcr five minutes beat the window with her hand, but not being able to break it by that means she took off her boot and smashed a pane of plate glass of the value of £3. - She then got into the house again and tried to attack her (wit ness) but she got out of the prisoner's way, and the ser vant (Eliza Cook) came to her assistance, when the prisoner took up a piece of glass and struck the servant a fearful blow on thehead with it, cutting it very badly and deluging her with blood. She also seized a pint pot to attack her (witness's) aunt. ' Eliza Cook, servant to Mrs. White, proved seeing the prisoner smash the plate of glass, and said that in trying to keep the prisoner off her young mistress, she took up a pint pot to strike her with it, and on her (witness) taking it from her slid stooped down and picked up a piece of glass (a formidable weapon in the hands of an infuriated person, it being of a triangular shape, and jagged), and struck her a severe blow on the head with it. The prisoner then took up a side door shutter, and swore she would smash her brains out. The effect of the blow was that her head was severely. Icut, all her clothes were saturated with blood, and she was taken to the Middlesex hospital, where her head was dressed. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner would be remanded for a week. In the event of the young woman Cook having erysipelas and dying, the prisoner would be tried at the Old Bailey. Under any circumstances the prisoner woul4 have very severe punishment, Remanded. FREPERENCE SHARES, Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 108 Ditto, 6 per cent. pi'., 1251 Great cathern, 44 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 101 i Londoa, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 96 62 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf.. 105 Kent Coast, 0 per cent. pref. B, London, Brighton, 4i per cent.. 1858. 101 London, Chatham, Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 104 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Gloucester and Dean rarest, 2i Midland Bradford pref. stock, 07 Nottingham and Grantham IL & O. 96 7 61 Shrow.bury and Hereford, 11.8 i ' FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Copenhagen. Urn., 21 Great Luxembourg, 10; Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per oent. pf., 204 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), Sambre and Meuse, 71 I San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 8k Ditto (all), 21 201 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 20i FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lira.. 81 East del Rey (lira.), United Mexican (11m;, rudanamutana or S. Australia (lira.), 2; 3 DOCKS. London, 73 JOINT-STOCK BANKS.' alliance Bank of Lon aan and Liverpool (Urn.), 461 Ditto, new, 31 2 Anglo Austrian, toi 6k Australasia, 76 • Ditto, new, 461 Bank of Egypt, 26 5; Bank of London. 167 6 Bank of °tag°, lim., 3R ; Bank of New Zealand. 151 Chartered Bank 01 India, Australia, and China, Ditto, new, issued at £lO pm, 3111 3 City, 115) Consolidated Bank, lira., 10i 1 Continental, lira., 8i East London, lim. ' si English and Irish (lim.), 121 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 211 1 European Bank, Bin., 0 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 301 Imperial Bank (lim.), 30 a 201 Imperial Ottoman, 181 e, Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 3 . ; London and Brazilian (lim.), 581 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, issued at 11 pm 5 a London Chartered Bank of Australia, 251 Loudon and Colonial London and Couuty, 59 a London Joint Stock, 38 London and South American. lim,, 91 9 London and South-Western (lim.), 131 ii London and Westminster, 79/;80a Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 2* New South Wales, 504 51a Oriental Bank Corporation. 611 Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi, lim., a Standard of British South Africa (tun), 28} 8 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., Bombay Gas, limited, n Ceylon Company, 101 Commercial Union (11/511ran CeN io 0 18.14. 19.15.4 V 2.10 THE SUN, LO'A DON, WEDNESPAY ~ EVENING, FEBRUAEY 24, 1861. E-I'OItILING ITZrr.ELLIGENCE, LINCOLN SPRING MEETING. Effects of the lath Lord Lyndhurst, THAMES. STEALING TEA IN THE LONDON D oct ,--William Potter, aged 44, n carman, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing 31bs of tea. Yesterday afternoon the prisoner was in the London rock with his master's van and horses, and assisting in loading his van with chests of tea from one of the ware houses. While the loading of the van was going on, the' prisoner was away from it several minutes in the warehouse. The prisoner was leaving the dock with his team and load of tea when ho was stopped by Edward Ellis, a dock con stable, who discovered a horse's nose bag in the van which contained another bag filled with 31bs of tea. The pri soner, on being asked where he obtained the tea, replied, "Ws only sweepings." The tea was of the best quality, and quite clean. A. Chest of tea was discovered to have been broken open in the warehouse on the west quays, from which the prisoner had been loading teas. The tea in the nose bag and' the tea in the broken chest were of the same quality and-colour. Mr, Papt sentenced the prisoner to bo imprisoned for two months and k e pt t o h ar d la b our. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON T HE M ASTER OP A WORICHOUSE. —Henry Silva, an able-bodied pauper, chargeable to the Poplar Union, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with committing a violent assault on Mr. J. Speed, the master of the union workhouse, in High-street, Poplar. The prisoner is a very disorderly fellow, Ho has boen chargeable to the Poplar Union for seven years, and he has been in the practice of neglecting his work, and acting in a turbulent manner. Yesterday he was making a noise, and on being desired by the master to desist and attend to his work, he put the master at defiance and said he would do no work. The master expostulated with him, and was about to remove him from the ward ho was in when the pri soner made a furious attack on Mr. Speed, struck him stye • r.l times, and marked his face. Mr. Paget said this was a very bad case 'of insubordina tion and violence, for which he sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months, and hard labour. PRIZE DESIGNS.—." Undoubtedly, however, the finest show in this respect is made by Benson, who offered prizes for designs for watchcases at the South Kensington Museum, and who by this means has secured some of the moat ex quisite ornamental details for watch cases that are shown In the building."—Times, May 7, 1862. Chronometer, duplex, lever, horizontal, repeater , centre seconds, keyless, split seconds, and every description of watch, adapted to all climates. Benson's illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps) contains a short history of watchmaking, with prices, from 3to 200 guineas each. It acts as a guide in the purchase of a watch, and enables those who live in any part of the world to select a watch, and have it sent safe by post. Prize medal and honouable'mention, classes 33 and 15. J. W. Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London. Esta blished 1719. Watch and clock maker by special warrant of appointment to ILIMEL the Prince of Wales. The uncertain state of the weather had a very material influence on the fortunes of this popular meeting; and the influx of both biped and quadruped into the town was limited in consequence. Chelmsford had this year stolen a march on the Northern fixture, but still Lincoln is pre eminently to racing men the opening of the season " on the flat," and a generally successful gathering rewards the exertions of the committee. Although the attendance was small the fields were large, all things considered, For the Trial Stakes 11 came to the post, Buckland being made the favourite, but Anglo-Saxon secured a vary easy victory for his owner. The same number of youngsters put in an appearance for the Brocklesby Stakes, Walter Baby and Blackbird being Ili; most fancied by " the talent." But Mr. Hodgman's colours, which showed so auspiciously at Chelmsford, were again borne in the van by his Wind hound filly. The lot, however, was but an indifferent one. The City Handicap was a very easy affair for Reindeer, who won as he liked. A good race for the Steeplechase wound up a capital clarz sport. The course was hc?.vy. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each. with 25 added; 3.yr. olds, 7st 31b; 4-yr-olds, Bst 10lb ; 5-yr-olds, 9st bib; 6-yr- olds and aged, 9st 101 b. o.ae mile. Mr J. Lowe's Anglo-Saxon, 3 yrs, bat 131 b ....(Loates) 1 MrIGI W. Morris's Siva, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b ....(Whiteley) 2 Duke de Morny's Partisan, 5 yrs, 9st 51b ....(Watkins) 3 The following also rau'i—Bird, Buckland, Dovedale, Redcap, Guerilla, Flying Fish, and The Sapper. Betting-3 to 1 agst Buckland, 4to 1 agat Anglo-Saxon and Partisan, 100 to 15 agat Redcap and Siva, and 10 to 1 agst Dovedale. Siva took up the running, followed pretty closely by Buckland, Anglo-Saxon, Partisan, and Guerilla ; East minster, who got badly off, bringing up the rear. They continued pretty much in this order to the turn into the straight,where Anglo-Saxon drew to the front, and Partisan and Siva running wide out of the course, he took a clear load and wonin a canter by three lengths ; four lengths separating Partisan from Siva, Dovedale, Redcap, Guerilla, and Buck land were all together. Eastminster did not pass the post. The Brocklesby Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added ; for 2-yr-old colts, Bst 10113 - ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b. Half a mile. Mr Hodgman's Windhound filly Mr Samuel's Blackoird.... (Edwards) 2 Mr Saviles La Mechanto The following also ran :—The Grappler, Simple. Maid, Z!zi, Lovelace, Water Baby, Britannia, Catalogue, and Brown Bread. Betting-3.t0 1 agst Water Baby and Blackbird, 5 . to 1 agst La Mcchante, 8 to 1 agst Grappler, 10 to 1 each agst Windhound filly, Lovelace, Britannia, and Brown Bread. They got off with a capital start at the first attempt, the lead being taken by La Mechante, with Grappler, Blackbird, and Mr Hodgman's filly in close attendance. Water Baby, Lovelape, and Brown Bread were in the next division. At the distance the Windhound filly and Blackbird joined issue, but the former had the best of it and went in a winner by half a length, the same distance separating the second and third. Lovelace was fourth, and close up with him Cata logue. The Grappler was sixth, Brown Bread seventh, Britannia brought up the rear. The winner has been named Vision., The City Handicap of 3 soya each, with 40 added. Six farlongo. Mr F Fisher's Reindeer, 6 yrs, 7st ..Maidment) 1 Mr T Cliff's Ossian, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b .. Taylor) 2 Mr J Abel's Camperdown, 6 yrs, Bst Mr T Bancroft's Cronstadt, 6 yrs, 7st 21b .. (Whiteley) 4 Mr F Stanley's Miss Emma, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b ,(Ilibberd) 5 Mr J Ridley's Wensley soli, sst 121 b (Carroll) 6 Mr Bird's Lady of the Isles, 6st 91b........ (E. Taylor) 7 Betting-3 to 1 each agst Reindeer and Ossian, 7to 2 agst Miss Emma, 8 to 1 agst Camperdown, and 10 to 1 agst the Wensley colt. Reindeer made the running, with Camperdown and Ossian close up, and, gradually increasing his lead, won as he liked by six lengths, three lengths separating the second and third. Nothing else was in the race. The Grand Steeplechase (handicap) of 10 sow each,'s ft, and only 3if declared, with 80 added. Four miles. Mr Welfitt;s Rook the Gardener, 6 yrs, lOst 111 b (W. White) 1 Mr Newman's Magician, aged, lOst 101 b (Mr G. Walker) 2 Mr Wright ns Bridegroom (11 b), aged, list 21b (Mr G. Harford) 3 Mr Welfitt's Creole, 6 yrs, lOst 71b (Mr Goodman) 4 Mr G. Simpson's Red Rain, aged, 12st 21b (Mr W. Simpson) 6 The following also ran :—Harkaway, Pine Apple, King ton, Malta, Cadet, and Baron of Avon. Betting-3 to 1 agst Baron of Avon, 4to 1 agst Pine Apple, 6 to 1 agst Rook the Gardener. Cadet went in front, followed by Malta and Rook the Gardener, the rest in single file. Cadet kept the lead until the second round, when he resigned in favour of Pine Apple, whe continued it up the hill with Rook the Gardener, Baron of Avon, and Magician well up. Rook the Gardener headed them on entering the straight, and won by two lengths, a neck separating the second and third, A good fourth. STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, Feb. shipping yarns we learn that there is literally no business doing for any market, and! that to effect sales lower prices would have to be taken. Telegrams from Calcutta are considered favourable, but they have led to no business here, and the market closes very quiet. The demand for home-trade yarns has been very languid. Prices are easier, but not quotably lower, In clothe the demand has been quite as languid as that for yarns, and to effect sales manufacturers onld have to give way in price. This, as a'rule, they are unwilling to do, but sellers holding stocks have shown same disposition to meet the wishes of buyers, and in such oases some few sales have been effected. The aggregate business of the day, how ever, is understood to have been of a very limited character. A telegram from Calcutta, two days later than that brought by last mail, speaks of a rather improved market, an d of shirtings selling at rather better prices ; but these advances have led to no business in Manchester to.day. From Shanghai the news brought by this mail speaks of a money panic; exchange, 73. The arrivals of cotton in this country are likely to increase, and Messrs. Whit worth and Co., have put out a circular giving the total arrivals in Liverpool last week at 45,933 bales, and in London at 14,623 bales. They estimate the total arrivals this year at 226,358 bales, and state the quantity at sea from India, China, and Japan to the 20th of February at 535,651 bales, of which 456,987 had been shipped for Liverpool and the re mainder for London. Of this quantity, however, upwards of 190,000 W ore f rom China and Japan, which are rather small bales. There seems to be some disposition here t o en t er on time bargains, and it is said that quo man u f ac turer has contracted to deliver 10,000 pieces of c l ot h p er month till Septem ber at a decided reduction i n curr ent prices. Messrs. J. Slagg and Co. report of to.day's cloth-market : " The late India telegrams, though :reporting de cidedly more favourably of those markets , have failed to produce any move men t here. To-day we have a dull market, with n o di s position to operate. Prices, though nominally unc h a nged, tend, if any thing, in favour of buyers." LEEDS, 231—The inclemency of the weather still operates prejudicially on the woollen cloth trade, buyers postponing pur c hases of spring and summer goods until winter h as m ore nearly de parted. To-day's market, up on th e whole, was of a quiet character in both the whit e an d the coloured cloth halls, but in the aggreg a t e as much cloth changed hands as on this day Bennight. The great bulk of the goods sold were light ma t e rials, among them being white and fancy di agona ls f or ladies' wear, as well as a fair portion of m e lt on s and tweeds. Bright colours aro likely to prevail among ladies' goods, and buyers are on the 100k-o u t for novelties. Good black cloths keep in moderate request. The manufacturers are all in ateady work, and their stocks are not at all in excess of what is usual. Th e wool trade is without material change. The flax trade keeps steady, and the mills are w e ll employed. Tho raw material and yarns and threads are steady in price. There is some ground to believe that in England, as well as in Ireland, a good deal more flax will be sown this year than last. mathema tical honours in the University of Cambridge are this year CAMBRIDGE HONOURS.—Th e highest divided between the south and the north of England, the senior wrangler, her. PUTIiiSE, to wh om th e first Smith's prize has been awarded, being a of the City of London School; School; while the second wrangler, d, r w eter's also the second Smith's prizeman, is a pupil of - •., School, Fork. Mr. Turnbull, who is a native of Hac i ..l" B ' ,. near Scarborough, was elected from St. Peter's School to a li r. 7:lrani , minor scholarship at Trinity, and was first In the college examinations of 1861 and 1862, in which year he gained scholarship. He also obtained the Matly.matical Exhibition in the University of London in 13G1, and again in 1862. AN EXTRAORDINARY A NECDOTE.—Replying to a clerical der utation the other day Vict or E mman uel is re ported to have said—" I am aware a report is circulated of my being on ill terms with the Holy Father, from whom I nevertheleBs again received, during the past year, further proofs of affection on the occasion of my daughter's mar riage. His Holiness has invited me to Home. I will add that I am itt coryespondence with him, and that I have good hopes that the time is not fir distant when: All differences will disappear." The great room at Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods was crowded yesterday, and the prices realised were enor mous. The following were the more remarkable lots:- Dresden, old Sevres, and Oriental Porcelain-153. A pair of small metal gilt candelabra, with old Dresden figures of children and flowers encrusted-£l2 lo s. (Bassett). • 159. A fine Marcolini Dresden bawl and cover, painted with birds and insects---Lll 10s. (Walsh). 161. A pair of large, basket pattern Dresden vases, encrusted with flowers and fruits; glass shades and stands-£ l5 lOs (Cooper). 162. A French clock, by Jadin, in case of Dresden porcelain, encrusted with flowers-L9 5s (Leask). 163. A pair of Dresden vases with [pierced covers, surmounted by bouquets of flowers, painted and encrusted with flowers ant figures ; glass shades . and stands-£ll 10s (Ditto). 164. A nem Oriental bottle, with ornaments in colours, in circles on white ground-£3 lOs (Durlacher). 165. A pair of Dresden vases, encrusted with Mayflowers, and with gadder rose-branches And birds in relief-£9 5s (Leask). 169. A tulip inkstand, mounted in ormolu, inlaid with Sevres plaques and with two Sevres cups -L9 15s (Gireb). 176. A pair of large French two-handled vases, with subjects of figures in medall ions 021 gold ground, one imperfect-£9 lss (Leask). 180. Head of Napoleon 1., taken after his death. An exquisite miniature by Madame Jocolet, on Sevres porcelain, of which only three copies were made, in engraved metal gilt open work feame-Ll2 (B. Benjamin). 181 and 183. A triangular inkstand of Sevres, with three cups, painted with birds in medallions and mounted with ormolu, and a pair of boxes, formed as p citrons, encrusted with flowers in colours, glass shades and stands. From Queen Charlotte's Collection-£l4 (Bassett). 181 and 5. A pair of Dresden busts of children, and another of Dresden figures of children; glass shades and stands £ll (Wertheimer). 193 and 4. A pair of Oriental jars and covers, with ornaments in gold and colours on blue ground, another pair smaller ditto-LlB (Miller). 197-9. Nine small silVer toy ornaments, with glass shades and stands, and three toy dishes, covers, and stands, all of silver-251 guineas (Mr Tite). 202. A pair of Marcolini Dresden flower pots, with festoons of foliage and goat's head handles, painted with bads and flowers with hyaciaths-L26 10s (J. Russell). 203. A very fine o',el Dresden vase and cover, surmounted by a bouquet of flowers, of scroll design, with openwork neck, painted with a conversation subject, and birds in medallions, pencilled with gaZel on crimson ground £l3 lOs (Miller). 204. A pair eef Dresden openwork baskets, painted and encrusted with flowe:a-SlO. (Ditto). 205. A dejeuner service of old Sevres, turquoise, pencilled with gold, and painted with exotlo birds in paedallions, consisting of teapot and cover, sucrier and cover, milknot and four cups and sancera-Xl5 5s (Attenborottgh). 208. A pair of magnificent old Nankin jars and covers, covered with ornaments in blue, on white ground, and with bands of plants and dragons, 46in high-£l2O. (Durlacher). 209. A pair of Oriental jars and covers, of extraordinary fine .quality, rich crimson ground, enamelled with flowers, birds, and insects, in brilliant colours, on white compart ments; 18 inches high-125 guineas (Durlacher). 211. A very fine and rare triple gourd-shaped bottle, enamelled with plants in colours, on white ground, with ormolu rim; 26 inches high-78 guineas (Ditto). 213. Thirty-six fine old Sevres plates, painted with baskets of flowers, with green and gold borders-L35 (Wells). Decorative Furni ture and Ornamental Objects.-216. A very fine old French bracket clock, by Grobie l'aine, in case of ormolu of fine scroll design and green shell,! with enamelled and shared ormolu dial- £27 (Leask). 217-19, A pair of Louis XVI. carved and gilt chairs, the seats and backs covered with crimson silk damask, and 16 others covered with amber, crimson, and yellow silk damask-L34 5s (Ditto. 220-1. A fine old carved and gilt pier table, with scrolls, fes toons, and foliage, moulded slab, 44in wide, and a fine old French clock, by Imbert, with enamelled and chased dial, in case, and on bracket of tulipwood, richly mounted with ormolu--£2l 153 (Ditto). 222. An old French writ ing table, of king and tulip wood, with three drawers, richly mounted with ormolu, the top covered with green morocco leather; 50i2 by 26in-L23 (Leask). 223. A small oblong tray -top table!, of inlaid satin wood, with shelf beneath, and brass gallery; 21in by 14in-£l5 lOs (Weaver). 224 and 5. A beautiful old carved and gilt pier table, with busts, scrolls, and festoons, with moulded marble slab, 331 inches wide, and an old English pier glass, in two divisions, in gilt frames, richly cared with scrolls and flowers, about Gift by 3ft-Ll7 ss, (Waters') 226. A pair of oval glasses, in elegatitly carved and gill frames, suspended from ribands, 26in by 17in--£2l 10s. (Weaver), 227. A pair of pedestal cabinets, the doors formed of slabs of fine old coloured marqueterie, mounted with ormolu marble slabs, 37in wide-17 guineas (Waters). 228. A very fine Louis XVI. upright secretaire of inlaid wood, with a falldown front, enclosing drawers and sliding doors beneath, mounted with ormolu, in exquisite taste, with Brescia marble slab, 42in wile-78 guineas (Russell). 229. A beautiful Louis XVI. clock, by Lieutaud, with ena melled dial, in case of architectural design, surmounted by a vase and with festoons of folliage ; a trophy beneath ; glass shade and stand-L63 (Morland). 230. A pair of Oriental deep-blue bottles, richly mounted with necks, tall upright handles, and feet of ormolu, with lions' masks and festoons of drapery, in the finest taste of Louis XIV, ; glass shades and stands (from the late Earl of Lichfield's collection at Shuckborough)-L75 (Attenborough). 231. A pair of fine old French candelabra, with Bacchanalian boys in bronze, after Clodion, bearing cornucopia branches of ormolu for two lights each, on fluted half columns of statuary marble, mounted with ormolu. From the same collection-£l3 (Durlacher). 232 and 3. An old French writing table, of inlaid kingwood, with three drawers mounted with ormolu, the top covered with green morocco leather, 62 in by 33in, and an oblong table, of old French marqueterie, with rising top, mounted with ormolu, 28in by 18in-38 guineas (ditto). 234. A fine oblong-shaped writing table, of Reisner marqueterie,inlaid with flowers and foliage in coloured woods, with two drawers, mounted with ormolu angles and feet, 38in by 20in-19 guineas (Annoot). 235. A Louis XIV, commode, of marqueterie, with two large and three smaller drawers, mounted with ormolu, with Brescia marble slab; 51in wide-£l7 5s (Russell). 236, A pair of handsome ormolu candelabra, of classic design. with branches for five lights each, chased with masks, foliage, and lions' feet, glass shades-£IG 10s (Hancock). 237. A Louis XIV. clock, by Baguet, with enamelled and chased dial, in old black buhl case, mounted with or mulu-L3O 10s (Waters). 239. A very handsome six leaved screen, of Japan lacquer, with buildings, figures, and flowers in gold on black ground-LIT (ditto). 242. A handsome oblong despatch box of mahogany, mounted and inlaid with brass, with the arms and Crown of France and Royal cipher; the lock and key made by Louis XVI., and two extra keys, engraved" Clement, valet de &umbra, ta piesier -ebeniste du Roi," in outer morocco loather case, formerly the property of the Duo de Berri-30 guineas (Holmes). 244 and 245. A pair of carved and gilt tripod troncheres, supported on eagles, and a beautiful group in alabaster of Venus and Adonis, 28 inches high, with glass shade---361 guineas (Waters). 247. A. beautiful oblong Reimer writing-table, of trellis pattern parque trade, with writing slide and drawer with inkstand, brass gallery, need highly finished ormolu ornaments, in the style of Gouthiar ;32 inches by 191 in-L65 (Annbot). 219. A fine circular alai; of statuary marble, inlaid with flowers in coloured Italian maetdes, on metal-gilt tripod, with eagles' heads and feet; a fine; old Furstenburg dish beneath-L2 6 . (Leask.) 250. A Louis XVI• writing-table of mahogany, mounted with gallery and I.2ouldings of or molu, with three drawers, and inkstand at the back above, the top covered with morocco leather-LO (Atten borough). 251. A Louis XVI. secretaire, of mah,"eganY, with cylinder front, enclosing writing-slide and five drave'.ers beneath, and three above, with brass mouldings and gray marble slab-28 guineas (Bassett). 252. A Louis XIV. clock, by Couturier, with enamelled dial, in handsome ease of ormolu, with the figure of a child seated on books, and a festoon of flowers, glass shade and stand-25 guineas (Leask). This was the last of the ornamental objects. The remaining household furniture and effects and the library will be sold at the mansion in George-street, Hanover square, during the rest of the week. THE PETROLEUM TRADE. —The remarkable de velopment of the trade in petroleum is exciting great attention on the other side of the Atlantic. North America," says the New York Tribune, " seems to be in all respects an exceptional region. Coal and iron rose here, within a single lifetime, into national importance. The gold of California became a gigantic staple within a twelvemonth. The last of these extraordinary 'eccen tricities is petroleum. Four years have been sufficient to elevate it from the worthless condition of a floating 'pellicle on the surface of an obscure creek to the rank of, a prime staple, of which the world cannot got enough. There is nothing in the history of industrial develop ment to equal the progress it has made." The Tribune proceeds as follows—" Up to 1863 the progress ofithe petro leum trade astonished everybody. But that of the past year has exceeded all expectation. It is evident the well have no bottom. What the product for the year has been we cannot say. It may be that in the excitement of a highly prosperous business no accurate account has been, kept. But the custom-house figures give some indication. Petro leum is exported to every country in the world. In 1861 we shipped 1,112,476 gallons; in 1862 it rose to 10,887 ,70 uantit1 gal lons ; and in 1863 it reached the extraordinary qy of 28,000,000. Of this total, 19,544,604 gallons were shipped from this port. In addition to this foreign export, the home demand is enormous. Though the whole business is strictly a new one, yet it has already assumed shape and stability. Ships for conveying it to England are con structed oil tight, and the barrels emptied directly into the hold, thus carrying it in bulk. The export of last i 1 -sar employed what was equal to 252 ships of 1,000 • each, and was worth nearly 15,000,000 dollars if -r about 12,000;000 dollars if crude. The ex year is estimated at 40,000,00 0 gallons. *-4 now as colourless tits water, and quite is burned in lamps of tens of thou `unes have been realised by the nanufacturers of shades and ,lluminating purposes has ' and cheapest light, 1 l but the latter. limit of con the wells tuna refined, port for this Refined coal cll as free from smell. I. sands of families, and for, inventors of lamps and the chimneys. The consumption for only just begun, As the pleasantest. next to gas, it is destined to supersede a- Like iron, gold, and coal, no one can fis the g umption. It can only bo arrested by failure cll. to yield. Of this geologists assert that there is 14 Ile pro- NOTICE.—In the Preliminary Contract made by the DI - rectors for securing Premises, in their opinion, y eligible for the Club-house, they were restrained from id.en .- tifying the particular premises so purchased until se , ert.l thousand shares had been subscribed for, and the applical ton for shares being already far in excess of this restrict ion, the Directors have now much p 'easure in announcing to the public that the Premises they have secured comprise the nob:e pile of Buildings, Nos. 107 and 108, Cheapside, imme diately opposite to Bow Church, and extending to Honey lane in the rear, having been erected two years since, from the designs, and under the superintendence, of J. L. Tinowlc SEC01:11 E ItIT/ON. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST. 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LINCOLN RACES--THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGB,APiI.) INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Cronstadt Itopa Dancer . 2 • LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. Benjamin Partisan Anglo-Saxon Eleven ran. SCURRY HANDICAP. Miss Julia The Sapper Airedale Four ran. HURDDE RACE. Camperdown Avalanche Tolarno Eight ran. Camperdown objected to, the owner being in the Forfeit List. 130 1361 6 7 65 9; 1121 1 73 105 39 40 11oit leo 991 6 110 I Oi i i 130 k t4i 101 31 Business done 59i 103,1 1016 4 731 i 3 661 1031 41 T HE CITY MERCANTILE CLUB Alf D DINING-HALL COMPANY '(Limited). HUNT STEEPLECHASE. Creol© Pigeon 2 Twelve ran. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. MERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) (Per the Jura, via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, FEB. 13, EVENING. By telegraph to Portland an express train has been captured eight miles from Harper's Ferry, and the passengers robbed. It is not known whether the attack was made by the Confederates or by gangs of Federal deserters. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE: Money easy. Gold 599 per cent. premium. Ex change on London, 174;1. Stocks very firm. New York Centrals 1331 ; Illinois, 131 i; Erie, 1131. Cotton.—Middling upland, 311. Petroleum slightly firmer; crude, 301 31; refined, 48 49. The steamers America and Edinburgh take out 850,000 dole. in specie. The Proposed Conference on the Dano- German Question. • (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) BERLIN, FEB, 24. It is stated in diplomatic circles that the Conference for the settlement of the Dana-German question was proposed by England, with the concurrence of France, and that the proposal was supported by Russia. Prussia and Austria, as already stated, have accepted the Conference, to which a representa tive of the Germanic Diet will be invited. The Bathe Powers have refused, however, to grant an armistice, and hostilities will not be dis continued during the Conference. IMPERIAL P. HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Day. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. RENTS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Mr. LONGFIELD the order for the second reading of this bill was discharged, with the under standing that the measure should be originated in the House of Lords as previously. LANDED PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT (IRE LAND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL. In consequence of tho absence of Irish members at the assizes the second reading .of the bill was postponed until April 27. MALT FOR CATTLE BILL'. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. BASS objected v to the measure, and said that its nature was not properly understood through out the country, and was regarded by the farmers with great dissatisfaction. Ho denied that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made out a satisfactory case for this bill. The right hon. gentleman said that the duty on beer was 25 per cent., but the farmers calculated that it amounted to 75 per cent., and although he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) said that the duty on foreign wines which came into competition with beer was fram 50 to 100 per cent., he (Mr. Bass) from information received from the highest autlimities on this subject in London was led to the con clusion that the duty on the foreign winos amounted to not more than 27 per cent. Ho (Mr. Bass) therefore submitted that this was a reasonable argument why the duty on beer which the Chancellor of the Exchequer said was 25 per cent. should be reduced one half. (Hear, heat.) He was convinced that the measure of the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not prove satisfactory, in whatever light it was regarded, and. that the only remedy for the grievance of which the right hon. gentleman complained was to reduce the malt duty one half. Mr. DU CANE said that, during the interval between tho present time and the second reading of the bill, he had com municated with his constituency (an agricultural one), who were unanimous with regard to this measure, and their opi nion might DO summed up in one word, namely, that the more they looked at it the less they liked it. (Hear, hear.) Ir-le considered that if anything was calculated to make malt stel:s rogues this bill would effectually do it, because it held forth to them a premium for the adulteration of linseed. Before 0 2ncluding he would quote the words of a poet with whom the ght hon. gentleman (the Chancellor of the En -1:5 chcquor was I:miller : " tc Tfiueo Donnas et dons feremtes. (Laughter.) Colonel DICKSON; as the representative of an agricul tural constituency, said ,ho had not heard one sound argu ment in favour of the bill. to reference to Ireland, to which allusion had been made on a pfevious occasion, hs contended that the causes to which the agricultural distress in that country might be traced would be aggravated by this mea sure, which he felt bound to oppose. Mr. P. 'URQUHART opposed. Mr. BEACH supported the bill. Mr. HENLEY considered that the bill would be quite inoperative, and he protested against its being accepted as an answer to the demand that was made for the reduc tion in the duty on malt. Mr. DODSON said that the bill was introduced merely as an experimental measure, and if it proved successful it would no doubt lead to further facilities for the use of malt as an article of food. Mr. DUTTON approved going into committee, but at the same time considered that the bill was encumbered with difficulties, which were inevitable in dealing with. this sub ject. Mr BENTINCK was of opinion that unless those portions of the bill which provided for the visits of excisemen and for separate houses for malting were withdrawn, the mea sure ought to .be thrown out on the third reading. R e did not consider that the bill would satisfy tho desire of the public in reference to the malt duty. Mr WALTER was not sanguine as to the success of the bill, but he thought it should have a:fair trial. After some further discussion, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the bill. It was said that there was safety in a multi tude of counsellors, and the same might be as serted of the multitude of the enemies to this bill who were knocking their heads together as if to ascer tain which were the hardest, and he had no doubt in the end justice would be done. (Laughter.) The right hon. gentleman.then combatted at length the arguments against the bill, Which were to thd effect that it was inof . . ficient, a surrepititious method of - getting rid of the desire for the entire repeal of the dutk on malt, that it was sur rounded with insuperable obstacles and, was dangerons with regard to revenue. As related to the latter, the Government were respon s ibl e for the raising of the revenue for the publi c serv i ce, and they could not consent to the amendments that were on the paper. lie would be most happy to release the farmer from excise restrictions, but by doing so in this case ho vrould be surrendering L 6,000,000 re7entte, The opinion of farmers was divided in rderence to this bill, S and although it might not effect all the benefit desirable, he contended that it would do much service, The honso then went into committee on the bill. Sir E. DERING moved the following clause :—That it shall be lawful for -all persons engaged in agriculture to malt barley (according to the provisions of the act) for the consumption of their own stock, without taking out a maltster's licence, but it was subsequently postponed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he would move that the Chairman should now report pro gress, and be proposed to proceed with the committee next Friday, but not at an hour that would be inzonvenient. The house then resumed. INSANE PRISONERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The house adjourned at a quarter past :1' o'clock. THE FLOWERY LAND, William Taffer, second mate of the Flowery Land, writes to the Times as follows :—I notice in the Tones of Saturday last a letter from " G. R. Sleet, Chancellor to the Spanish Consulate," which contains some few remarks, and if allowed to go unnoticed may be received as facts, and be very injurious to my character. I wish to notice particu larly the sentence :—" It should be remembered that at this time all the men, Taffer included, were intoxicated." This is altogether untrue, as I never was intoxicated on board the Flowery Land, and I have my characters to show that lam and always been a sober man. Should this at all be disputed, I 'could refer to two captains who are here at the present time—namely, Capt. Marshall, of the barque Ram bler, with whom I sailed for two years as boatswan and se cond mate; and Capt. Edwards, of the barque Investigator with whom I sailed five months. I have also many others to whom I could refer who have known me for years. I most distinctly deny the charge of being drunk, and hope you will allow this denial to appear in the Times. Hal I been drunk at the time we should all have been drowned, for the boats were nearly drawn down with the ship by the eddy, and had I not prevailed upon the men to pull the boat out of the eddy we must have been sucked d own ,as they appeared quite ignorant of the danger. It is even wrong in stating that the whole of the men were drunk, as most of them were very sober men— particularly the Manillamen. Mr. Steet also says,—" The men mull neither understand their officers nor make themselves understood by them, and their delay in obeying orders was interpreted as laziness or insubordination, and punished accordingly. Short allow ance of food and water is an intolerable punishment in the tropics.". Lyons acted as interpreter in the chief mate's watch, and Paul in the captain's watch, and there was no insubordine. Lion on board except with Carlos, and he was the only one in any way punished. There was no short allowance of either food or water, as we had been cut 32 days, and she•was provisioned for six months, and as far as sharing any rations with them I never had any rations shared out, as I always had my mess in the cabin with the captain, his brother, and mate. As to the men who have been reprieved I will not say a word ; but as to those five who have suffered this morning they were the greatest villains that ever lived, and all were guilty of the crime for which they have been executed. MAR,KETS--Tbis Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh np to Mark-lane to •day the arrivals of home-grown wheat were very moderate. Sales, however, progressed slowly in all qualities; nevertheless prices ruled firm. There were several parcels of Monday's unsold produce on the stands. Acre was a fair average supply of foreign wheat on offer. The business transacted was chiefly in small parcels ) at the fall prices current on Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate request, at late rates. Good and fine malting barley ruled firm, at fully previ ous quotations ; otherwise the barley trade was quiet, at late prices. Malt sold steadily, at full quotations. With oats the market was moderately supplied. Gene rally speaking, the trade was in a sluggish state,-yet prices ruled stationary. Beans and peas were in slow request, at fully the late decline in the currency. In flour about an average business was transacted, at late prices. ARRIVALS THIS WIER. Wheat Barley. ida:t. Oats: Flour, English...... 90 I 480 I 360 I 2,650 1 240 9,400 -- Foreign.... F, 3 330 . 1,030 , 3,670 460 As; brie BOROUGH HOP. The demand for hops is by no means active, nevertheless prices were very firm. WHITECHAPEL. But moderate supplies of wheat are on sale, and the trade is very firm, at the annexed currency —Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; veal, 3s 8d to 4s Sd ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. sETPPING—This Day. LONDON, Feb. 24.—Wind this day at noon—North. East; moderate breeze, and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 23.—Arrived—Ivanhoe, from London for Canterbury, N.Z. DARTMOUTH, Feb. 21—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Jot, from Demerara for Sunderland. (BY )110NBTIC TELEGRAPH,) GRAVESHND, 'Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 22—Solid, from Groningen; Coldstream, from Lisbon; Haabet, from Holmstadt. Arrived, Feb. 24—Jules, from Gravelines; Earl Albert, from Landecrona. Sailed, Feb. 23—Rambler, for Trinidad; Mary Ann, for Corfu; Trade Wind, for St. Kitt's. Sailed, Feb. 24—Matilda, for Falkland Isles; William Tell, for Belize; Rainbow, steamer, for Calais. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Faris is about 4 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 23.35 per 41 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £5 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Pada. By advices fromilamburg the price of gold is 423} per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per - .£l sterling. standard goid at the English 31int price is, therefore, rather more than 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in llam burg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 00 days' sight is 174 to 175 per cent., and the premium ou gold is about 591 per cent. At these rates there is profit on the importation of gold from the United States. THEATRE OF WAR IN SCHLESWIG.—Under this head Mr. Wyld has published a fresh instalment of his maps illustrating the progress of the war now raging in Denmark. This last instalment leaves nothing to be de sired. The town of Duppel, backed by the island of Alsen, is set forth with great distinctness, while the entrenchments thrown up by the Danes and the positions occupied by the allies are also made distinctly visible. This new map is an indispensable companion to all who wish to follow intelli gently the newspaper accounts of the progress of the war. TITLED AND UNTITLED ARISTOCRACY.—WhER Louis XVI. ordained that no one should be pre sented at Versailles unless he could prove four hundred years of "gentility," in other words, that his ancestors bore arms More 140fi, many counts and marquises were re jected as unworthy, though many an untitled gentleman, as old as Hampden of Hampden, left his tower or chateau, and posted up to court to establish his right. Every gen tleman, on his pedigree being certified, was invited to join the royal , hunt; and this privilege was entitled le droit de mentor dans la earosse du _Rol. The plain squire, to whom this right was allowed, was always held to bs really supe rior even to the count or marquis whose claim was rejected. Were the same standard of gentility in vogue at St. James's, many an old English squire and highland chieftain would bear Away the palm of ancestry, while many a noble peer would, Lis at a tournament, have to "ride the barriers." — Once a Trseek • Howell, a coawrroonger, who in 8o n a i c n e e d s A DOUBLY. MIIRDEirgn. -A fellow 6 w named as of manslaughter in killing his wife, and sentenced to six years' penal servitud', was yesterday brought before the Bath magistrates, charged with the murder of a woman named Susan Cl ever l ey, w ith whom ho cohabited. The inquest upon the body of deceased was held on the pre vious even ing, and a verdict of "Wilful Murder" returned. The prisoner, it seems, had lived with deceased almost from the time of the expiration of his previous sentence, and the evidence showed that he had continuously treated her in the most brutal manner. On Tuesday morning last, between ono and two o'clock, the persons living in . the same house, No. 3, Little Com-street, Bath, and also in the adjoining houses, were awoke E 7 cries of "Murder," and by noises as of a person jumping upon some substance. This was the brute jumping upon the body of the deceased. The neighbours, upon rushing to the room, found the woman upon the floor bleeding profusely from the face, and the prisoner, in reply to their questions, admitted that he had inflicted the injuries. A policeman was called us, n, but the unhappy woman refused to give hi m into tody, saying that if she did so he would be sure to kill her afterwards. The brutal rascal would not touch her hi presence of the policeman, but as soon as he had len w r h an o about the house with a poker seeking his paramo u r' who he had sought refuge in a fellow lodger's room,arsw lug her. The would kill her and any one who harboureddanday un happy woman died from the injuries on nie medical evidence Her body was frightfully bruised, anci the b injury to the brain clearly showed that death was cause ne y iris been committed resulting from the prisoner's blows. for wilful murder. " —n L D PAnn."—James Parr A DESCENDANT OF t attended died last week in St. Helen's, dying a g arre as an act of charity by ph il an thropic surgeon. James todrinking, poetry, and painting. was said to be given OF THE IiOYAL oCCIETY 141Tjg THE DINNER CLANS will take place en 9 lath of March, b pd 5 of iO3 ale s age. D ot ) gl l ' L 0 8 thi s fr° re °: 119' t d t ,oce toscll r idg e ote ss. )0° 01 1, 6%0 a , 0 t r', o t 5 ~ P$ d ~,F~p lis ter oolig ii 13' 0 o da 1 reot'ill 1 19 . ll a L ee, 1 g St. ei for frol li !ea fa )ove/ ea in oe Share, Share 100 Sk I 20 20i 10 MO 1 P:coCk strck stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 strjek stook Paid. 22 2* 86 l 141 49 1 471 OGI I 103} 3